Paul Newey Wins Event #3 of British Poker Open for £156,400

After a fast-paced final table saw all five of his rivals busted within just over two hours of play, Paul Newey became a tournament champion on the day before his 51st birthday as he took down Event #3 of the British Poker Open. Relive the entire final table on PokerGO right now.

Fox Unlucky Twice

Stephen Chidwick just found himself all in for 120,000 and Elio Fox made the call to create the following showdown. Chidwick: [Ac9s] Fox: [AdTd] The board ran out [Ah8cJh9c6h] and Chidwick doubled up. On the very next hand, Fox was all in for just 30,000 and Cary Katz made the call. Fox: [TsTc] Katz: [Ac9c] The

Katz Gets There

On a board reading [As8c9cQh] Cary Katz bet 18,000 and Stephen Chidwick raised to 50,000. Katz didn't seem too pleased but eventually he made the call. The river completed the board with the [Ts] and Katz pushed his final 21,000 into the pot. Chidwick called and Katz said, "I got there,"

Mikita Badziakouski Eliminated in 4th Place for £46,000

Mikita Badziakouski moved all-in for 460,000 with [AhJc] and was snap-called by Paul Newey with [AcQh]. The flop of [5c2h3d] added some chop outs but kept Newey in the lead, and the [Qc] on the turn meant Badziakouski could only chop to survive with a four on the river. That 5th street

Sam Greenwood Eliminated in 5th Place for £36,800

Paul Newey held [Jd9d] and called Sam Greenwood, who had raised pre-flop with [AhKh]. The two men saw a stunning flop of [Ad6d7d] arrive, both men checking for trapping reasons. The turn of [4s] saw Newey check again, but Greenwood fired out 90,000 this time, Newey made a pretty quick raise

Greenwood Doubles Through Fox

Sam Greenwood was all-in pre-flop with [AcJs] and held the lead over Elio Fox, who called with [Qh9h]. The board of [2c5d8sAs9s] saw Greenwood double-up again, this time to 590,000, while Fox slips to 720,000, remaining in third place.

Cary Katz Eliminated in 6th Place for £27,600

Cary Katz has busted Event #3 of the British Poker Open after two hands saw his chances fail and Paul Newey's take a massive boost. Katz shoved pre-flop with [Ac9h] for around 300,000 and was called by Mikita Badziakouski, who re-shoved all-in with [Ah7s], isolating the field then picking up his pair

Top Dollar Doubles His Chances

Paul Newey moved all-in over the top of Sam Greenwood's raise to 80,000 with [Ac9h] and Greenwood's fold with [Ad9d] was agonising. Cary Katz had called Greenwood already with [JsTs] so invested the extra. The board of [2h5d3c] saw Newey become a 3:1 favorite and that improved after the [Qd] turn.

Greenwood Doubles Through Soverel

Sam Greenwood moved all-in pre-flop with [Ah3s] from the hijack and in the next seat, Sam Soverel decided to re-shove with [AdTs], successfully isolating the field. Soverel was a huge favorite to bust a dangerous opponent just 30 minutes into the action. The flop of [2c3hQs] saw a yelp of "Oh no!"

Soverel Doesn’t Let Badziakouski Have it Easy

Sam Soverel moved all-in with [Ac4d] for 1.5million on the button and Mikita Badziakouski went into the tank in the big blind. Cary Katz got out of the way between the two men. After using time bank extensions, and clearly wrestling with a very marginal decision and eventually elected to fold